Cardinals player believes team should trade down if it gets top pick in draft

The Arizona Cardinals are a loss away from locking up the No. 1 pick in the 2019 NFL draft. Since they play in Seattle this weekend, it seems likely. That would put them in position to select the very best football player available. with Josh Rosen in place at quarterback, the decision will be easy.

However, there will be the appeal of trading the pick to a team seeking a quarterback, thus acquiring multiple picks in this draft and probably in 2020 as well.

It is something at least one Cardinals player believes the team should do.

“I think we need to trade down and get extra picks for it,” one Cardinals player told The Arizona Republic, writes Bob McManaman. “We’ve got too many holes to fill.”

However, with clear impact players on defense available at the top of the draft and the Cardinals having a number of needs on defense after struggles in 2018, it might make more sense to go that route. Of course, a trade down ultimately comes down to how far they have to move down.

The Cardinals regretted trading down in the first round when they could have selected Terrell Suggs and ended up with Bryant Johnson and Calvin Pace. When they traded down in 2014 and landed Deone Bucannon and John Brown, it worked out for a few seasons.

With the draft still four months away, this will be a debate that will continue.